The female driver of this SUV was injured when the vehicle caught fire and crashed in Bangor, Pa., on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. (Contributed by Logan Krum)

A woman suffered burns to her face and hair Friday night when her vehicle burst into flames in downtown Bangor as Broadway Pub patrons ran to help her.

The patrons patted down her hair and coat to put out the fire at 6:40 p.m. as she got out of the burning sport utility vehicle.

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The pub's chef carried out two fire extinguishers to douse the vehicle's flames.

Mike Pinto of Bangor, co-owner of Three Brothers Beverage in Pen Argyl, jumped out of his seat when he saw the burning vehicle from the front window of the pub, which is part of the Colonial Hotel at 62 Broadway.

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"I caught it out of the corner of my eye," Pinto said. "I commented to my cousin, it looks like there's a fire in that car. Then she turned left, and I saw a bright orange glow. I don't know why she didn't stop sooner."

Pinto and another patron rushed outside.

"It seemed the back of the passenger seat was on fire," said Rich Petrushka of Ackermanville, who was at the pub having dinner with his wife.

"Everyone turned to the window, and Mike Pinto bolted out the door," Petrushka said. "The car went around the corner, so I couldn't see exactly what he did. But he is a hero and a first responder beyond belief."

Pinto, a member of Bangor's Liberty Fire Company, said he did nothing heroic.

"I wasn't even there first," he said. "A regular citizen came up first. He also had been in the pub. The woman was getting out of the car, and her hair was on fire on the right side and her coat was on fire."

The woman, who appeared to be around 70, had stopped her vehicle at a snow pile in front of the Valero gas station. Pinto and the other man, whom Pinto did not know, knocked the flames from the woman's coat.

Pinto said he didn't know what started the fire.

Mike Fehrenbacher grabbed the fire extinguishers before following Pinto and the other man out the door.